72 Tenants of Prosperity (2010)

Original title

72家租客

Directed by

Patrick Kong, Eric Tsang

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

IIB

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A large group of tenants live in a bustling Hong Kong building, running shops and getting into comedic conflicts. The story follows their interactions and parodies of local events and movies from the time.

lightheartedenergetichumorouschaoticnostalgicculturalfast-pacedparodic

What happens

72 Tenants of Prosperity (72家租客) is a 2010 Hong Kong comedy film co-directed and produced by Eric Tsang for Shaw Brothers Studio. It also stars Tsang himself, as well as other actors. Released in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand on 11 February 2010, other production companies include Television Broadcasts Limited, United Filmmakers Organization, Sil-Metropole Organisation and Sun Wah Media Group. This film used the 1973 film The House of 72 Tenants as a blueprint but involves a new story, with only some roles identical. This is the first film to introduce the new 2010 Shaw opening theme with a shortened version of the original fanfare. The film spoofs other movies such as Ip Man and Murderer, and makes references to Hong Kong culture and events that were figured in the media that year, such as the death of Michael Jackson and the Mong Kok acid attacks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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